diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8e38399..a65391a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,8 +14,21 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     util-linux \
     bsdmainutils \
     vim \
+    openssh-server \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Create necessary directories for SSH
+RUN mkdir /var/run/sshd
+
+# Create the user 'spiri' and set passwords for both 'root' and 'spiri'
+RUN useradd -m spiri && \
+    echo 'root:spiri-friend' | chpasswd && \
+    echo 'spiri:spiri-friend' | chpasswd && \
+    sed -i 's/#PermitRootLogin prohibit-password/PermitRootLogin yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+
+# Expose SSH port
+EXPOSE 22
+
 # Clone the xbnet repository
 RUN git clone https://github.com/jgoerzen/xbnet.git /usr/src/xbnet
 
diff --git a/scripts/entrypoint.sh b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
index a91b923..5c91265 100755
--- a/scripts/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ echo "Starting entrypoint.sh"
 echo "Setting associated environment variables. Calling /set-env-vars.sh"
 source /set-env-vars.sh
 
+# Start SSH in the background
+echo "Starting SSH service..."
+/usr/sbin/sshd
+
 # Main loop
 loop() {
     echo "Starting loop"